Thursday, October 31, 2013

The 5th Annual Canyon Fest Celebration
is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, November 2 at Jacksonville
State University’s Little River Canyon Center on Alabama Highway 35.This festival
was designed to celebrate folk life, arts and nature, and to benefit the
children of the community. It will feature ongoing arts & crafts, demonstrations, art sales, food
vendors, storytelling, live animals and children's activities. You can also
tour the new exhibits at the Canyon Center. There will be demonstrations of Native
American games and weapons, and tools used by Native Americans. There will also
be a lot of games and activities to keep the children busy.
You will enjoy fantastic live musical performances from noon to 4pm at the
festival. At 12pm, Matt Downer, the local
fiddler and music historian who revived the Great Southern Old Time Fiddlers
Convention can be heard on the front porch of the Canyon Center. At 1pm, local musician,
Curtis Strange will perform and at 3pm there will be a special performance by
the Army Material Command (AMC) Band at the new Canyon Center Ampitheater. The AMC Band, with its eight Music
Performance Teams, travels extensively throughout the country and overseas
supporting 30 installations, 26 major tenants, seven Army Field Support
Brigades, 11 subordinate commands, and four separate reporting activities
within the AMC enterprise.The AMC band has performed in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirites. There is no fee for Canyon Fest, but
donations are welcome. For more information about this festival, call 256-782-5697.

About Me

Lookout Mountain Alabama & DeKalb County are full of many delightful surprises, all waiting to be discovered. It is a place to enjoy the sights and sounds of all four seasons. Springtime brings a renewal to the mountainous terrain as first the Redbud and Dogwood announce their arrival in a showy display of purple and white flowers. Then the hills come to life with blooms of pink and fuschia colored Rhododendron. Mountain Laurel and Wild Azalea blossoms adorn her side. Summer brings children squealing with delight as they frolic and play at the many summer camps in Mentone. Autumn on Lookout Mountain is gloriously adorned in her beautiful array of fall colors. Scenic drives beckon you along the Lookout Mountain Parkway, through Desoto State Park & Little River Canyon & across Sand Mountain to DeKalb County Public Fishing Lake, High Falls Park & Buck's Pocket State Park. Winter drifts in as downtown shoppers get ready for Christmas and the novice and those eager to learn hone their skills at Cloudmont Ski & Golf Resort. Beautiful scenery is yours to enjoy as you visit the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in DeKalb County, Alabama.